Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Oomyces carneoalbus

Oomyces carneoalbus (Libert) Berkeley & Broome, 1851

on grasses, etc.

Oomyces carneoalbus on Carex

Carex, Haarlemmermeer, Grote Weelde, 4.v.2026 det. Björn Wergen  © Laurens van der Linde.

Oomyces carneoalbus on Carex

detail

parasite

fliesh-coloured, 1 mm sized stromata oon dead leaves, with 3-7 loculi; ascospores hyaline, filiform, 1-2 µm thick, multiseptate.

host plants

polyphagous

Carex; Deschampsia cespitosa.

synonyms

Oomyces carneo-albus.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 494).

Last modified 24.vi.2026